Colonial Era Timeline

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  • Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus encountered the New World for the first time

    Christopher Colmbus disovered the New World and was the first European to land in the Americas.
  • Jun 9, 1534

    Jacque Cartier sailed the St. Lawrence

    Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River
  • Period: Sep 10, 1538 to Sep 10, 1543

    Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Southeast

    de Soto and his men became the first Europeans to encounter the Mississippi River and cross it.
  • Period: Sep 10, 1540 to Sep 10, 1542

    Coronado's expedition from Mexico to Kansas

    Had an army, the expeditiom was mpt very succesful
  • Sep 8, 1565

    Spanish establish St. Augustine, Florida

    Landed on the shore of Matanzas Bay and found the Presido of San Agustin and later it would be called St. Augustine, Florida.

  • Attempted Roanoke Colony

    Attempted by Queen ELizabeth I to established as a permaent English settlement.

  • Juan de Onate founded Santa Fe

    explorer and founder of the first European settlements.

  • Jamestown, Virginia founded

    104 English boys and arrived in North America to start a settelment.

  • Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

    Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City.

  • John Rolfe introduced tobacco to Virginia

    John Rolfe began growing tobacco

  • First African slaves arrived in Virginia

    First slaves arrived in Jamestown

  • Plymouth, Massachusetts founded

    Plymouth, Massachusetts was founded.

  • South Carolina colony founded

    South Carolina colony was founded by eight nobles with a royal charter from King Charles II.
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    Beaver Wars

    Atribe wanted to extend their land and to take over the fur trade which led into war.
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    French began fur trade with Indians

    The french used fur to make useful things.

  • Marquette and Joliet sailed down the Mississippi

    Marquette and Joliet landed and discovered the Mississippi River.
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    The Pueblo Revolt

    The Pueblo Revolt was an uprising of most of the Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.

  • Pennsylvania Colony founded

    Pennsylvania Colony was founded.

  • Georgia Colony founded

    Georgia Colony was founded by James Oglethorpe.